Motor-support



G. F. FLYNN.

MOTOR SUPPORT.

APPLICATION'HLED AuG.5, |919.

1 ,349,4 l 8 Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. FLYNN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

MOTOR-SUPPORT.

Application mea August 5, 1919.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. FLYNN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Motor-Supports, of which the following' is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this speciica` tion.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in automobiles, and more particularly to a support for the crank case of an automobile.

While the invention is particularly designed for a F ord automobile, it may also be used in other types of cars. In the Ford automobile, the crank case is made of pressed steel, and metal brackets are riveted on to the case and secured to the side bars of the automobile.V Owing to the shocks and jolts to which the Vcars are subjected, it frequently happens that the rivets are torn out of the pressed steel crank case or are sheared, disabling the car, and this manner of attachment is one of the most vulnerable points of this particular type of automobile. In order to obliterate these diiliculties, I have devised a crank case support which can be placed on a Ford car without the necessity for drilling any holes or removing any bolts, and which will prevent the above mentioned troubles with the usual brackets.'

Another object of my invention is to provide an engine crank case support which will be readily attachable or detachable, and which any novice can secure the same to an automobile engine. j

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description pro! ceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly delined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention, constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of an engine and a portion of an automobile chassis frame Specication'of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920. Serial No. 315,438.

my invention as connected In the drawing, the numeral 4 designates the chassis frame member or side bars Vof an automobile; 5, the engine; 6, the transmission case; and 7, the pressed steel crank case having a drain plug 8.

.In the Ford automobile, a part of which is herein shown, metalbrackets 9 are secured to the sides of the crank case adjacent the transmission by rivets 10, and the outwardly extending arms l1 of these brackets are each secured toV the top of the adjacent bar 4 by a bolt 12 and another bolt 13 secures the bracket to the sides of the side bars. As previously stated much diiliculty has been experienced in the breaking oil of these brackets 9 from the crank case.

The device embodying -Jche 'invention' is what might be termed a sling or cradle, preferably of band metal Vand engaging the crank case and provided with means securing the same to the side bars 4. The cradle for sling is made in two complementary parts 14 and 15 having their outer ends passed around pivot bolts 16 of the side bar engaging means, to be later described, and'` then secured as at 17. The inner ends of the parts 14 and 15 are flanged downwardly as at 18 and provided with a pair of apertures adapted to receive a U-shaped clip bolt which extend upwardly from the section 15l between the crank case` and the bar 4, and have their upper ends formed with laterally projecting arms 23 engaging the top surface of the bar 4, and have formed onV the outer end of the arm 23, lips or hooks 24 abuttin the outer side of the bar 4.

The hook members 22 are placed one at each side of the bracket arm 9 as best shown identical, the i ing Ashoulder adapted to engage the ltll i 't'wr-lo" t side o a ateia yprogecting ange t oi two side projections orilugs extending members 22 Vhave their upper portions* formed witlr a reinforcing rib 27 which terminates as at 2S to provide a sharp locktheeiigine crank case 7. y

,Thus itwill be-seen that the entire weight ot the engine may be supported bythe inembeis 22'` and the parts Af and-1 5. In order to prevent .the .riding upwardly 0i' the engine, l. providealocking or clamping meiir ber'29haviiig its upper endormed with a side bar receivingvportion 30, and its lower eiidformedwith a'projection 3l engaged against the flange 26. .The meinberr29 isse-l position by'means oa .l

curely clamped Vin transverse bracket 32 having its ends aper- Vtured and engaged bystud bolts 33 carried Vby thejinembers Y22l and secured thereon by ineaiisoic suitable lock nuts 34.. The end 30 of Vthe member 29 has a lip portion .30 engaging the side of the bar 24, andthe lower end 3l off said member is coniined between upwardly from the flange 26 to prevent the dislodginent othe projection 3l" from the `v`flange 26. Y v

From the foregoing description, taken inr connection with-the accompanying drawing, it will be readily seen that the movement of the engine lwithrespect to the chassis traine or side bars sis prevented as the member 29 s prevents the securing means for the sling device is so Vsimple that attach the vsaineas it Vis Aiinifiecessary that from moving upwardly by means of the tension on the clip 'l9'bind4 ingthe'portioiis of the parts 14 and Y15 ot the sling tightly thereagainst and tlie'lock' ing shoulders 28 of the members 22 imping ing the top side ofthe tlange.

It will also ybe readily understood that. the

anovice cany readily any liole'slfbe drilledor any adjusting be l made except that the nuts 2O and 34 be se curely tightened. l Y

y llhat lclaim as my invention is:

, l. VA crank case-support for engines com-V prising frame engagingmembers carried by said sling, and means .carried by said members and engageablelwith thev crank caseto pre-' ventlthe movementV thereof away Jfrom the sling. 2.

prising a l,crank "case engaging band, read-V topo or downwardly, and Y the engine isiirmlybeld against the slingA vcombination with frame, an-enginecrank-case and, its attachvviiig, flangefoipi a support for saidrengiiie crank case comprising a crank case engag-V a crankjcase receiving sling, chassis AV crank casesupport r for engines coinl ily detachable clamping members carried by the outer ends Vof; said band and engaging the side bars of the chassis frame, and means integral with said clamping meinbers adapted to abut the crank case to iirmly retain tliesame-on said band.`

H 3. lin a` device otithe class described, a

two-'part sling adapted to support an en' gine crank case, means Aac lpistably connectiii-g tlieiiiner ends oi? said sling,hook inemberspivotallycarried by the outer ends of said sling and ada'ptedto engage the top of the sidebars of a' chassis trame', aiid'means detacliably Vcarried by said hook members Y' and engageable with the underside ofsaid chassis-trarne side barsto readily detach- A Vably secure said hook members and slingto said side bars.

4l. ina device oi' the `class described', a two-part sling adapted to support an en Y gine crankcase,' .means adjustably cc'i'niie'c't-` ing the inner ends ot'said sling, lio'ok'mem-Y bers carried by the outer ends.V of said sling and adapted' to ei'igageV chassis frame, means-detachably carried by said hook members and Vengageable withv theside barsot said chassis: ifi-aine sidebarsto readily dei tachably secure` saidV .hook members and sling tofsaidiside bars, -andfmean's integral with said `hook members and engageable with said crankcase to iirmly strap the same to' said sling..

5. A. chassis Vframe side bar ei'igaging member for a crank'case support comprising a side bar engaging member having two ioo arms, hook members-ormed at the upper Y ends osaid arms and adapted to engage theV chassis 1traine side bar, reinforcing'ribs.

for said side arms, saidreiniorcing ribs terminating in. 'sharp shoulders adapted to abut.

looking niei'nberV the engine crank case, vLa: adapted to engage the lower endet said hook members and'thefbottcm of the side bar to detachably secureithe saine thereto,` by said hook members for receiving the crank case; sling support;V

and means carried the class described, the

V6. ln a device et 1an automobile f chassis ing-band, nieanscarried by the outer enes of said band suspending the same trom the chassis frameandincluding hook means for engaging the,upperfportions oi saidV chassis frame, detachable means engaging the lower l portions of ysai l chassis 'frame and said-hook means, and a' locking shoulder formed on said hook Ameans.medially'voif its ends and f engaged w'iththeflange oi the crank case to retain the sameupon the crank case sup portingband.`

ln testimony whereof aiiiximy signature.

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